“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Throughout the month of October, we’re revisiting some of the staple issues of Choral Ethics. I’ve written a BUNCH about each of these subjects during the last few years. While most of us now […]
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Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Collaboration
“Lots of colors appear when you’re working with other people.” Jean Stapleton Throughout the month of October, we’re revisiting some of the staple issues of Choral Ethics. I’ve written a BUNCH about each of these subjects during the last few years. While most of us now rehearse and perform in a much different way, these […]
Choral Potpourri/ Choral Ethics: Auditions
“No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge Throughout the month of October, we’re revisiting some of the staple issues of Choral Ethics. I’ve written a BUNCH about each of these subjects during the last few years. While most of us now rehearse and perform in […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Gossip
“To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.” Henry David Thoreau Throughout the month of October, I’d like to revisit some of the staple issues of Choral Ethics. I’ve written a BUNCH about each of these subjects during the […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Choral Ethics for This Time
“My sorrow, when she’s here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are beautiful as days can be; she loves the bare, the withered tree; she walks the sodden pasture lane.” Robert Frost During the month of September, Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics has been reviewing what Choral Ethics is and its relevance to our […]
Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics: Choral Ethics and Professionalism
“There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!” Percy Bysshe Shelley During the month of September, Choral Potpourri/Choral Ethics will be reviewing what Choral Ethics is and its relevance to […]